what’s your feel good movie?

Wow. I noticed that most of my entries the past week or so have been very intense. So, let’s take a step back. For goodness sake, it’s Thanksgiving week! And we also need to get many of our blog lurkers and stalkers off the sidelines and onto the comments.

No one will bite…but I can’t guarantee it after this week.

Here’s the simple question:

What are you go to feel good movies that you watch to lift your spirits? The films you watch when you’re feeling down, knocked down, or in need of inspiration?

How about three? But share at least one.

My three+ in no particular order:

Star Wars (any one of them)

Hoosiers

Chariots of Fire

* Gotta add: Shawshank Redemption

* With the family: Sound of Music and “Anybody Have a Peanut?”

If you’re bored and want to read couple great previous movie lists on the blog:

I find that kiddie movies most often get me in a good mood after a bad day or week. Some I enjoy are:
Space Jam
Harriet the Spy
Secret Garden
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Also
The Dish and Dirty Dancing are 2 other feel-good movies which are high quality

this might be a little *too* revealing but I’m a sucker for a good hong-kong stylized fight movie. And pretty colors. And a tear-jerking storyline. So when I get down I watch “Hero” (Wu-Ming) with Jet Li. I own 2 copies on DVD :p

A Room with a View
Shakespeare in Love
When Harry Met Sally
Casablanca
The Philadelphia Story the old one, with Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart)
Slumdog Millionaire
Life is Beautiful (doesn’t really make you feel good, but, you know. . .)

The Scarlett Pimpernell! “Gods Fish My Dear!”
Much Ado About Nothing/Sense and Sensibility-Gotta love Emma Thompson!
Ocean’s Eleven
First Pirates of the Carribean…”I’m disinclined to aquiesce to your request…means ‘no”.”🙂
LOTR
Amazing Grace
And a really oldie Dangerous When Wet… I love Esther Williams, she can swim and act…at the same time!

Hoosiers- “dont get caught watchin the paint dry” – “ill make it”
Rad – “let’s walk this sucker” – “hulk hogan eat your heart out”
Almost Famous – “youll meet them all in the long journey to the middle””